ROCKING CHAIR
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The seat of the rocking chair is upholstered in tooled leather. At the top of the back is a face of a putto which is beneath a palmette ending in scrolls. The back is a panel carved in low relief with a central medallion that is an oval of beads containing a sailboat. It is flanked by fantastic birds. The carved arms end in scrolls at both ends. On each side is carved a a walking lion. The rockers end with the heads of putti at the front and have scrolls in the back. There is a turned stretcher in the front, and eight shaped stretchers going from front to back.
- Object name:
- ROCKING CHAIR
- Made from:
- Wood -- leather
- Made in:
- ITALY
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 102.2 × 60 × 114.3 cm (40 1/4 × 23 5/8 × 45 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 33.196
- Class:
- FURNITURE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Gift of General Foods, 1978